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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Randy learn to fully appreciate after college?

2. What did Randy invite Tommy to join?

3. What advice did John give Randy?

4. Why couldn't Randy tell his children all he wanted to?

5. How did Randy's landlord get hurt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Dennis pay Randy back for his favor?

2. What caused Randy to believe so firmly in preparation?

3. How did Randy say time should be managed?

4. What was the first head fake at the end of the lecture?

5. What did Randy do to Jai at the end of his lecture?

6. Why did Randy have extra slides set aside for his lecture?

7. Why did Randy believe in peer evaluations?

8. What was unique about Randy's computer science class in 1997?

9. What did Randy do when he was billed twice at the grocery store?

10. How did Randy define experience?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What significance did the stuffed animals have for Randy? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Randy endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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